Douluo: Dragon King's Star Devouring Wings

Chapter 689 The Schemed Ancient Zhangting
After the uproar surrounding Tang Wulin's apprenticeship to Qian Gu Qingfeng, Tang Wulin's life gradually returned to normal.

From Monday to Friday, he studies with Wu Changkong during the day, and Qian Gu Huang Yu gives him and Jia Lin extra lessons in the evening. However, recently Qian Gu Zhang Ting has also joined them.

They said they wanted to witness the power of the number one Dragon Staff Martial Soul on the mainland.

As a result, Qian Gu Huang Yu kicked her out directly. She was just pretending to use the golden cudgel; how could she possibly know any cudgel techniques?

However, not long after, Qian Gu Zhang Ting was brought back by Qian Gu Dong Feng, who said that it was always right to learn from the number one person on the continent.

So, as time went by, Tang Wulin and Qian Guzhangting, who were rivals for love in another timeline, have now become good brothers...

In addition, Tang Wulin would go to Qian Gu Qingfeng every Saturday to learn forging, while Sunday was his free time.

...

The originally difficult promotion match was easily swept away by Tang Wulin's help, and Xie Xie, who wanted to show his skills, was completely reduced to being Tang Wulin's accessory.

Even though it was only Class 5, under Tang Wulin's guidance, they easily pushed up to Class 2. Then, Tang Wulin unfortunately encountered his strictest father.

His good senior sister, Jialin.

He was someone he had never beaten in any real fight, no matter how many times he fought in private.

Given that Tang Wulin and Xie Xie are both useless men, and that Xie Xie and someone else are definitely no match for Jia Lin's two teammates, Tang Wulin would be considered successful if he didn't get instantly killed by Jia Lin.

Q: How did Tang Wulin lead his team to victory against Jialin?
...

After class in the afternoon, Qian Gu Zhang Ting suddenly approached Tang Wu Lin mysteriously.

Qian Gu Zhangting is only twelve years old this year, with blond hair and blue eyes, a handsome young man. He has only been at Donghai Academy for less than a month, yet he and Wu Changkong are already considered the "Twin Jades of Donghai Academy".

As the saying goes, "A gentleman like jade is unparalleled in the world."

Although Qian Gu Zhangting was not a student of Donghai Academy, when Yu Zheng learned that Qian Gu Zhangting was actually the grandson of Qian Gu Dongfeng, the acting tower master of the Spirit Transmission Tower, he very kindly issued him a special teacher qualification certificate, allowing him to roam freely in the streets of Donghai Academy.

"Brother Zhangting, what brings you here?" Tang Wulin immediately greeted him and went to meet him.

Seeing Tang Wulin so close to the grandson of the Spirit Pagoda Master, Wu Changkong couldn't help but feel his eyelids twitching uncontrollably. [We finally had a promising talent, how could it all be gone like this!]

Qian Gu Zhangting put his arm around Tang Wulin's shoulder and whispered, "Next Monday is your promotion match with Jialin, right?"

Seeing Tang Wulin nod, Qian Gu Zhangting smiled and said, "Wulin, tell your brother, how much of a chance do you think you have?"

Tang Wulin curled his lip. "Don't you know? You definitely can't beat them!"

Qian Gu Zhangting said, "Let's make a deal. How about I join Donghai Academy and we're in the same class?"

"When we brothers join forces, taking down Jialin will be a piece of cake, won't it?"

Perhaps because Qian Gu Zhangting was very excited, he pulled Tang Wulin a little closer to him, which immediately caused the girls next to him to scream.

Tang Wulin was already very handsome, and Qian Gu Zhangting was also a famous handsome man. Their intimate actions immediately attracted the attention of many gossip enthusiasts.

Are they together?

"There's something nice in my room, come with me!"

Hearing the increasingly eerie sounds outside, Tang Wulin impatiently broke free from the strong man's restraints at Qian Gu Zhang Ting and said:
"Unsolicited kindness is always suspicious! Tell me, what do you want?"

Qian Gu Zhangting rolled his eyes and said, "I heard from my grandfather that the old lady has a very powerful stick-type artifact (the Golden Cudgel)."

"But the old lady never lends it out. If we work together to beat Jialin, could you please ask the old lady to lend it to me for a few days?"

"Wait, who is this old lady you're talking about?" Tang Wulin asked.

“That’s your master.” Qian Gu Zhangting said casually, “To show closeness, the younger generation in our family generally refer to our great-aunt as ‘Old Lady’.”

Tang Wulin's eyes darted around, and a smile appeared on his face. If Xie Xie were here, he would definitely know that Tang Wulin was about to trick someone.

Tang Wulin asked, "Brother Zhangting, what do you call my master?"

"Old lady!" Qian Gu Zhangting said subconsciously.

"Then what should I call my master?" Tang Wulin asked again.

“Of course you call your master ‘Master’!” Qian Gu Zhangting said.

"Well, I call my master 'Master,' and you call your master 'Old Lady,' so what should you call me?" Tang Wulin said with a smile.

“Master…Master…” Qian Gu Zhangting stood frozen in place, the word “Uncle-Master” never uttered.

"You little brat, you've come here to mess with me, haven't you?" Qian Gu Zhangting said irritably.

Tang Wulin asked, "But can this really work?"

The ancient Zhangting Pavilion said, "How will you know if you don't try?"

The two hit it off immediately and went together to where Qian Gu Huang Yu lived.

After knocking on the door, Qian Gu Zhang Ting waited for a full five minutes before the door finally opened.

Upon recognizing who opened the door, a strange expression appeared on Qian Gu Zhangting's face. "Grandma Gu Yue, what are you doing here?"

The person who opened the door was Gu Yuena, who looked resentful and as if her plans had been ruined.

Gu Yue Na said, "I am Chihaya Ai now, and no one else."

Gu Yuena couldn't resist the loneliness after all, so she changed her identity and went back to Qian Gu Huang Yu's side.

Qian Gu Zhangting's expression was also incredibly interesting. He suspected that the urban legend might be true, and that His Majesty and the Royal Steward seemed to have some kind of ambiguous relationship.

"Hey, Gu Yue, don't look so pale! You'll scare the child." Qian Gu Huang Yu walked out with a smile, but she still pulled her clothes back to prevent others from seeing the red scratches on her neck.

Compared to the resentment in Gu Yuena's eyes, Qian Gu Huang Yu's gaze towards Tang Wulin was full of admiration, feeling that she had truly made the right choice in taking him as a disciple.

Otherwise, I would have been completely destroyed.

"What do you want from me at this time?" Qian Gu Huang Yu asked.

Tang Wulin said, "Junior Brother Zhangting said he wants to team up with me to fight Senior Sister Jialin."

"Hey! Wu Lin, did you sell me out?" Qian Gu Zhang Ting roared.

After a moment of thought, Qian Gu Huang Yu said, "That makes sense. Zhang Ting, you should indeed call Wu Lin 'Shishu' (a term of respect for a senior martial arts master).

"Huh?" Qian Gu Zhangting expressed his disbelief.

Tang Wulin laughed and said, "In that case, from now on we'll address each other separately. I'll call you Brother Zhangting, and you can call me Uncle-Master."

"Hey! Tang Wulin, you tricked me!" Qian Gu Zhangting broke down.

After a bit of playful banter, Qian Gu Huang Yu finally agreed to Tang Wu Lin's idea, "Well, given the current situation, Wu Lin himself is indeed no match for Jia Lin, so let's have the two of you come at me together then." "But what if you two still can't beat him in a two-on-one fight?" Gu Yue Na asked.

Qian Gu Zhangting said without any hesitation, "Don't worry, if we brothers still lose even if we work together, then we'll call Le Zhengyu to come along."

"The three of us brothers will take on her one-on-one; I refuse to believe we can't win!"

"Uh... is that all you've got?" Qian Gu Huang Yu said, speechless.

Qian Gu Zhangting said matter-of-factly, "Who told Jia Lin to be so powerful? Do you think it would be easy for us to deal with her?"

Who can understand how much trauma a child would suffer from the experience of being beaten up by Jialin, who was three years younger than him, when he thought he was invincible among his peers?

Even after he learned his lesson and started training desperately, he still couldn't change the fact that he was brutally beaten.

They even knelt down faster.

"Isn't this Donghai Academy? Are you sure it's okay for you to do this?" Gu Yuena was unusually honest for once.

"We can just ask tomorrow," Qian Gu Huang Yu said casually.

After seeing off Qian Gu Qingfeng and Tang Wulin, Qian Gu Huangyu wanted to go out with them, but Gu Yuena grabbed her fair wrist.

"Huang'er, tonight has only just begun." A smile appeared on Gu Yuena's lips.

Since Gu Yuena merged with the bloodline of the Golden Dragon King, her offensive and defensive strategies have changed drastically.

"Gu Yue, I feel a bit stuffy and want to go for a walk," Qian Gu Huang Yu said reluctantly.

Gu Yuena remained unmoved. "So, you want to join the field army?"

An unnatural blush appeared on her fair face, and her wine-red pupils darted away. Faced with two evils, Qian Gu Huang Yu finally closed the door.

She really didn't want to leave behind any campus legends like the mysterious panting sounds in the grass.

Under Gu Yuena's teasing gaze, the great emperor blushed like a little girl who had just confessed her feelings in public and then been friend-zoned, a hint of reproach flashing in his eyes, "Hurry up!"

...

The next day.

In the principal's office, Yu Zheng remained silent as he looked at Qian Gu Zhangting, who had requested to temporarily join Class 5 and team up with Tang Wulin to challenge Jia Lin.

He wanted to say that the affairs of the academy were not child's play, and that he could not join or form teams as he pleased, especially since Qian Gu Zhangting was over the age limit!

But this is only in principle. When the principle itself speaks, then nothing else matters.

During this time, while Qian Gu Qingfeng and Qian Gu Dongfeng were both at Donghai Academy, he mustered up the courage to ask them about Su Youli.

The conclusion is that Su Youli is actually a distant relative of the Qian Gu family. She was later adopted by the Qian Gu family due to some accidents in her family and is very much favored by the current emperor.

So, Su Youli isn't actually the Fleet Admiral's lover, but His Majesty's lover?

However, no one can answer this question for him now.

Yu Zheng sighed inwardly. Since the person in charge had spoken, he had no choice but to agree.

However, he could tell that Qian Gu Zhangting simply wanted to fight Jia Lin and had no other intentions, so he decided to help her out.

After obtaining permission, Yu Zheng then connected with Wu Changkong's soul guide communication: "Teacher Wu, in order to make the promotion competition on Monday more interesting, I have specially arranged an outside helper for your Class 5."

"You can decide when to connect with him."

Upon hearing this, Wu Changkong instinctively wanted to refuse, but before he could speak, Yu Zheng decisively hung up the soul communication.

...

Wu Changkong and Long Bing stood together, looking at the ancient pavilion standing in front of them, and sighed helplessly.

He knew that his idea of ​​recommending Tang Wulin to his teacher Zhuoshi was now completely ruined. Although Shrek Academy had declined, it still had at least some dignity.

It's impossible for an elder of the Sea God Pavilion to accept someone who calls the grandson of the Spirit Pagoda Master a brother.

Wu Changkong said to Tang Wulin, "Call Xie Xie over, and the three of you can attack together."

Qian Gu Zhangting said, "The two of us are enough."

Wu Changkong said irritably, "Do you really think the two of you can beat Jialin?"

Faced with Wu Changkong's sudden surge of power, Qian Gu Zhangting's aura immediately diminished. "It might...it might be difficult..."

Wu Changkong said, "The promotion tournament is not a place for you to play around. If you're going to take action, you must go all out."

Seeing this, Tang Wulin quickly smoothed things over, saying, "Teacher Wu is right. Wait a moment, I'll call Xie Xie over right away."

When Xie Xie was summoned by Tang Wulin, he was completely bewildered. [What do you mean the battle starts the day after tomorrow? You're telling me my teammates have changed?]

Qian Gu Zhangting was not Wu Changkong's student before, and Wu Changkong did not know him well, so he had to test him again and then arrange tactics.

...

Because of the change in lineup before the battle, Wu Changkong could only seize the time to conduct new tactical coordination training for Tang Wulin and the other two.

Although Wu Changkong disliked that Qian Gu Zhangting's participation in the competition through back channels increased his workload unnecessarily, he had to admit that only if Qian Gu Zhangting participated would Class 5 have even a slight chance of winning.

Not only did they have Wu Changkong's guidance, but Jia Lin's homeroom teacher, Long Bing, also acted as an insider and told them some information about Jia Lin. Tang Wulin instantly felt that the future was bright.

The weekend passed quickly, and the promotion tournament is about to begin.

In order not to interfere with the normal teaching content, the promotion competition is usually held after school in the afternoon, and today was no exception.

The afternoon classes passed quickly. Perhaps it was because I was too excited about tonight's match.

As soon as school let out today, a large number of students, including teachers, gathered on the playground, all waiting to watch the last promotion match for first graders.

"Have you heard? This year's promotion tournament is really bizarre! Class 5 of Grade 1, which was at the bottom, has actually made great strides and won three games in a row. Maybe this dark horse can stay dark all the way."

"Stop dreaming. Do you know how terrifying this year's freshman class is? Being hailed as the strongest freshman class in history is no joke."

"Three students in their class are already at the level of second-ring Great Soul Masters, and their martial souls are all very powerful."

"More importantly, Jialin, who crushed the graduating seniors, is in Class 1!"

"The three contestants from Class 5 of the first grade are only at the first level. There is a qualitative difference between them. They are one soul skill short and their soul power is also lacking. They have no chance at all."

"I'd like to see how far this freshman class will go in the upcoming promotion competition. I heard that all the second-year classes are feeling the pressure. Hehe."

The students were discussing it amongst themselves, and the teachers who had come to the perimeter of the competition venue also gathered together.

(End of this chapter)